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Rottboellia

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Rottboellia

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Rottboellia (commonly called itch grass) is a genus of African, Asian, and Australian plants in the grass family.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderPoales
  5. FamilyPoaceae
Native toAlabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Arkansas, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil South
Observations recorded17,199

筒轴茅属(学名:Rottboellia)是禾本科下的一个属,为一年生或多年生、高大草本植物。该属共有约15种,分布于热带和亚热带地区。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
189
With media
148
Family
Poaceae
Collections
US, NY, A, MO, VT
Recorded in
MéXico, Russian Federation, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, China, Bangladesh, Virgin Islands, U.S.

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Rottboellia (commonly called itch grass) is a genus of African, Asian, and Australian plants in the grass family.

The genus was named in honour of Danish botanist Christen Friis Rottbøll (1727-1797).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rottboellia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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